M1.8 earthquake 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 3:31 PM HADT (00:31 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 153 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-12 00:31:42 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.550° N, 178.249° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.972 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2177 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.977 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1181 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.875 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3131 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.5194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.288 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5160 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.890 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5113 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.7156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1144 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.792 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.1193 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5112 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5110 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3116 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6120 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.669 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2117 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1128 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1124 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.792 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.579 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.154 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1123 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.883 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.386 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0146 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.9104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.5175 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.0111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.427 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8192 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 3.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0166 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.432 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 147 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4209 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4205 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2108 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.1118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.7182 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0166 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9172 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5132 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.7188 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8137 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 77 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.640 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9159 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
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